Java tutorial
import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { CharSequence inputStr = "ab12 cd efg34 123"; String patternStr = "([a-zA-Z]+[0-9]+)"; Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(patternStr); Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(inputStr); StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(); boolean found = false; while ((found = matcher.find())) { String replaceStr = matcher.group(); matcher.appendReplacement(buf, "found<" + replaceStr + ">"); } matcher.appendTail(buf); String result = buf.toString(); System.out.println(result); } }